Rake-cleaner.



C. C. WARDEN.

RAKE CLEANER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 21. 1914.

1,142,740,, Patented June 8,1915.

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To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CLARENCE O. YVaRDnN, acitizen of the United States, reslding at the city of Reno, in thecounty of Washoe and State of Nevada, have. invented certain new and"useful Improvements .;in Rake- Gleaners, of whichthe following is aspecification. I I 7 My invention relates to new and useful improvementsin devices for cleaning the teeth of rakes of trash and other foreignmatter and has for its primary object to of the head of the rake fromthe ground at of reference, the numeral 1 designates as an the time thatthe teeth have an accumulation of trash, leaves or other foreign matterthereon.

My invention further aims to improve devices of the character described,so as to render them more practical, simple and efficient in operationinexpensive to manufacture and more commercially desirable The above andadditional objects are accomplished by such means as are illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, described in the following specification andthen more particularly pointed out as claimed.

With reference to the drawings, wherein I have illustrated the preferredembodiment of my invention as it is reduced to practice, and throughoutthe several views ofwhich similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device in assembledposition, Fig. 2 is a plan view of the attachment removed, and, Fig. 3is a detail perspective" view of the clamp to hold the attachment to therake.

Referring to the drawings by characters entirety, a rake consisting of ahandle 2,

head 3 and teeth 4 arranged in spaced rela-'-.

tion to one another in the ordinary manner and secured to the head 3. 7

My improved rake cleaning attachment consists of a single "piece ofresilientwire, preferably, that is bent intermediateits ends ,ceives thearm 6 intermediateits ends.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patei fgd'j n 8" 1915.]

Application filed June 27, 1914. Jseria1no.s47,777. I

to form a semi-circular loop 5 which is designed to engage the handle 2'of therake' and-conform'thereto in beingcurved. From the free ends. ofthe loop 5 the materialor wire is extendedso as to provide divergentarms 6 and 7. The arm 6 is formed slightly longer than the one 7 andatits outer end has formed integraltherewith right angularly extendingstripping portion or rod 8 that eXtends to a point adjacent the outerend of the arm 7 and at its outer end is provided with a right angularextension9 that extends inwardlytoward the loop. 5 and is formed with aneye 10 on its free end.

A stripping portion or rod ll is formed integral at one'end with thefree end of the formed on the other end'of the rod 11 re- 7 arm 7andextendedatright angles thereto. The eye 10 receives the rod '11 andan eye 12V will thus be seen that the stripping bars 8 and 11 are spacedand parallel to one'another. I The bars Sand 11 are ofsuch length as topermit thelteeth t of the rake to be positioned therebetween. Thatportion of the arm 6 that extends beyond the point ,where the eye 12connects the rod 11 with the arm 6 engages the end tooth at oneside ofthe rake and the angularly extending por upon a rake, I provide a clampdesignated 13 as an entirety 'thatis preferably formed of resilient wireand bent into an approXimate annular form. One end of the clamp i 13 isformed with a pair of eyes 14 that loosely receivethe arm-7. Hooks 15are formed on the other end of the clamp 13] and arranged to engage thearm 6. The 1 clamp 13 in being curved readily conforms a r to theordinary type of rake handle and in being resilient provides acomparatively rigid connection for the attachment relative to the rake.The'arms ,6 and 7 .are normally disposed downwardly in an inclined planewith. relation to the handle 2 and are in such I position that whentherake is being used in the ordinary manner any matter collected"betweenthe teeth or engaged by the rods8' and 11 will cause'the; rods.8' and 11" and arms 6 and 7 to move upwardly'or against the springtension of thefarms. Whenthe rake is lifted from the ground and thetension of the arms 6 and 7 releases the bars 8 and 11 are moveddownwardly with relation to the teeth 4L and serve to strip'the teeth ofleaves, trash or other foreign matter which has collected thereon. Itwill be readily seen that the operation of cleaning the rake ispractically automatic. The tension of the arms 6 and 7 may be regulatedby their disposition relative to the rake handle and in accordance withthe size and character of the rake to which the attachment is to beoperated in connection with.

In practice, I have found that the form of my invention, illustrated inthe drawings and referred to in the above description, as the preferredembodiment, is the most efficient and practical; yet realizing that theconditions concurrent with the adoption of my device will necessarilyvary, I desire to emphasize the fact that various minor changes indetails of construction, proportion and arrangement of parts may beresorted to, when required, without sacrific- Copies of this patent maybe obtained for ing any of the advantages of my invention, as set forth.

What is claimed is z In a rake cleaner, the combination with a rakeconsisting of a head, teeth on said head and a handle for said head of apair of resilient arms, a semicircular loop extending at right angles tothe arms and joined integral with certain ends thereof, said looppartially surrounding the handle, means to clamp the arms to the rakehandle, each of the arms being provided with a right angular extensionat its outer end, said right angular extensions forming stripping barsarranged on opposite sides of the teeth, said stripping bars beingnormally disposed adjacent the free ends of the teeth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CLARENCE C. WARDEN.

Witnesses JEROME L. VAN DERWERKER, CHARLES H. BURRILL.

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